Raigad police's Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested the owner of Republic TV Arnab Goswami in a two-year-old abetment of suicide case. The Raigad police, in 2019, had filed a closure report in the form of an A summary, but the case has been reopened as new evidence and witnesses have surfaced. Around 6.30 am on Wednesday, officers of the Raigad Crime Branch, led by Police Inspector (PI) Jameel Sheikh along with Mumbai police officers reached Goswami's Lower Parel residence and took him in custody.

Videos of the arrest went viral on social media, with Goswami apparently not having cooperated with the police. He claimed that officers assaulted him when the cameras were off. Raigad police recorded the events starting from before they entered his residence and till they took him to Alibaug Crime Branch.